Software provider True Potential has added full fact-finding and risk profiling capabilities to its iPad application for advisers.
Hargreaves Lansdown has questioned whether cuts to fund charges post RDR will be as widespread as the FSA forecast in its recent Platform Consultation paper, as providers struggle to cope with IFA exits from the market.
An IFA has expressed concerns the closure of Macquarie's wrap platform could affect his relationship with new clients.
The FSA plans to publish a separate consultation paper on how platforms should disclose their charging structures, including fund manager rebates, on top of its second consultation document in February.
Execution-only platforms, such as Hargreaves Lansdown's Vantage, could be subject to the same disclosure terms as those platforms conducting adviser business, the FSA says.
After months of procrastination and frantic lobbying behind the scenes, the FSA has finally unveiled its latest thinking on platforms.
Advisers who wish to be independent post RDR can use a single platform for the 'majority' of their clients if it is in their best interests, the FSA proposes today.
The FSA today said in its long-awaited consultation paper platforms can continue to receive rebates from fund managers.
Nucleus CEO David Ferguson has stressed the wrap's ownership structure will remain unchanged after its rights issue which is progressing ahead of schedule.
Novia has appointed former Cofunds national sales manager Paul Rose as regional sales manager for the North East.